Valve.



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J. L. JUDGE.

VALVE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

9359 1 l Patentad Sept. 28, 1909.

5) l 0m I l s ,fran/fr JAMES L. JUDGE, OF MININEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

VALVE.

Specification of L etters Patent. Fatellted Sept. 28, 1909.

ppleation ledJuly 1, Q07, Serial No. 381,613.

ttt whom 'it may concern.'v

oit l1;ne\vn" tlu 1t l, .lmms L. JUDGE, of iolis, lennepiri` ,(zoiinty, lil'innesota7 invented certain new and useful Inineuts in Valves, of which the follown specification. 1 object of my invention is 'to provide a valve which will not require any packing around the stem where a packing or stuffing box is usually located. l 1i. further object is to provide improved connecting means between the valve stem the disk.

invention consists generally in variv constructions and combinations, all as a er described and particularly out in" the claims. e accompanying drawings, yforming is speeiieation, Figure lis a ver-: lnal view ofa valve embodying n. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional? trating a modified means forcon 'the valve disk tothe valve head. the drawing, Q represents the valve easing and 3 a pipe connected with' casing by the usual union 4. head having an exteriorly threaded Yf within an iuteriorly threaded openin the top of the valve casing. The a terminates in a neck 8 having a Qin which a spiral spring l0 ari plug ll is fitted intovthe lopen e socket 9 and isqprovided with a pin l@ slotfl in the upper ;edge

sz. d neck said v")luo bein f allowed a ver.-

1 l is movement in said socket but'prevented jfevelving therein by said pin and slot.' stein lil; extends through an open!V .one said plug and down through the 'iv and through an opening 15 in the om thereof. A beveled seat 1G is pro- .ou the under side of the opening l5, i1 d a collar .lf/*secured on the valve stem' corresponding surface to bear on the and form a close, steam tight joint l A cap 18 is secured to the valve nos i'langed edges 19 which extend i and ide and incluse the plug ll, and a.

" nearing balls 2() are interposed be cap and the plugll, and are` roll freely in an annular groove l in the top of said plug. rl`l1e )erati wheel is provided on nd of the valve stemA The lower valve f 's thrgmded and titled erioiif/ threaded stud mounted on a disk 24. on the said .stud and adapted to receive a plu Q6 mounted in a depending sleeve 27 on the Ihead 5.; The stud within said sleeve 'andis adapt-ed to slide therein' but is locked igainst rollaryniovelnent by the guideway and pin. Vhen the valve stem is revolved the stud 23 will move upwardly thereon and with it the disk, and a ring 9.8 preferably of hard rubber that is carried by said disk and is held in place thereon by means -of a threaded stud 29 and a lock nut 3() hav- .ing depending guides 3l which extend down through the opening inthe valve seat 32.

The tension of the spring' l0 will hold the beveled surface-of the collar'17 against its Seatv but the stem can be 'rotated freely to raise or lower the valve. The valve stein will turn easily on the ball bearings and 'its -rotation will raise or lower the sleeve 23 and the Naive ldisk carried thereby to open or close the valve. No packingwhatever is required. ud the -lve Willxalways be tight around the stem and will require'no atten.

tion. The contact of the collar 17 with its seat will keep it clean and smooth and'pre'- vent the collection of sediment o n the seat which might prevent the beveled collar from coming squarely on its seat.

In Fig. 2 l have shown a 'modification in which a sleeve 33 is forn'ied on the head 5 and provided with slots 34 to receive pins 35 on the hollow stud 3G. The stem of the valve is fitted within this stud in the same manner as shown in Fig. l. The valve disk in 'this construction 1nay` 'oscillate forward or back or toward either side and accommodate itself to any inequalities of the valve seat or to any gravel or sediment that may have lodged thereon.

l claim as my invention:

l. A valve comprising a easing having a seat and a head fitting with-in said casing above said seat7 said head having` a socket therein anda spring fitting within said socket, the bottom of said socket, having an opening therethrough and provided on the under side with a beveled seat7 a stem fitting within said soelv'et and extending through the opening in the bottom thereof and'liaving-a collar provided with a beveled surface to bear on said seat, a plugl fitting within the end of said socket and having a vertical movement therein but locked against rotary inovemeuh' afcap carried by said Stehlamd A guide way 25 isprovided ng.th1'eon,'silid.spring nrmlly holding said collar against saidl beveled seat and forming a steam-tight joint therewith, said stem having` threaded lower end, n disk hz'wing :i threaded Stud to receive said stem, means for lookingr said stud :ind disk ngaint rotary movement andrsaid disk and stud moving vertically when said Stein is revolved to open 0r close Lne valve, substantially as described'.

2. A valve comprising a casing having :L head mounted therein, said head having a socket and a coiled spring therein, and :L plug fitting within seid socket and having -a pin to enter a slot in the wall thereof,

whereby rotation of said plug is prevented, :i

cap inclosing smid plug, :1` bull bearing inter# lwith :1 yielding tension by said spring, and

:L valve disk said stem. v In witness whereof, l have hereunto sel'. l'ny hund this 25th day of June 1907.

- JAMES L. JUDGE.

attached to the lower end of litnesses J. B. 'Ev/x, '.T. H. BALDWIN. 

